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When prayer and medicine feel mutually exclusive

My congregation prays for my healing every week and I feel guilty that their faith is stronger than mine because I also take medication.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Community expectations create false dichotomies between spiritual and medical approaches to healing.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Faith and physical health — what research shows?”

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